Information Gathering
An important element of the initiative is to conduct a worldwide survey of governments to determine whether they have policies to encourage OER and open licensing or whether they plan to develop such policies.
UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) invited all governments to provide information (through questionnaireds) about their policies in relation to open educational resources (OER) to assess the current and potential uses of this approach to learning and teaching.
This report provides an overview of the findings of the COL/UNESCO survey on OER policies and activity across all countries of the world, and puts forward some suggestions for promoting the use and development of OER and overcoming current obstacles to its implementation.
The Survey on Governments' OER Policies was published and can be downloaded at:
http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=408
UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) invited all governments to provide information (through questionnaireds) about their policies in relation to open educational resources (OER) to assess the current and potential uses of this approach to learning and teaching.
This report provides an overview of the findings of the COL/UNESCO survey on OER policies and activity across all countries of the world, and puts forward some suggestions for promoting the use and development of OER and overcoming current obstacles to its implementation.
The Survey on Governments' OER Policies was published and can be downloaded at:
http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=408